Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Coca‑Cola Co v All‑Fect Distributors Ltd [1999] FCA 1721 TRADE MARKS – Infringement – Registered mark – Drawing of contour bottle used by Coca‑Cola to package soft drink – Confectionary in shape of contour bottle with "Cola" inscribed on it – Whether marketing and sale of confectionary a use of bottle shape as a trade mark – Whether confectionary deceptively similar to mark – Whether confectionary likely to be taken by consumers as indicating a connection with proprietor of mark. Trade Marks Act 1995, (Cth) s 120(2), (3) Trade Practices Act 1974, (Cth) ss 52, 53(c), (d) Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Aust) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 applied Johnson & Johnson v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 326 applied Mark Foy's Ltd v Davis Coop & Co Ltd (1956) 96 CLR 190 cited Wingate Marketing Pty Ltd v Levi Strauss (1994) 49 FCR 489 cited Musitor BV v Tansing (1994) 29 IPR 203 cited Smith Kline and French Laboratories (Aust) Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (1967) 116 CLR 628 considered In re James's Trade Mark (1886) 33 Ch D 392 considered Smith Kline and French Laboratories Ltd v Stirling Winthrop Group Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 914 applied Coca‑Cola Trade Marks [1986] RPC 421 considered McIlhenny & Co v Blue Yonder Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) IPR 187 considered In re F Reddaway & Co Ltd's Application [1914] 1 Ch 856 applied Powell v Glow Zone Products Pty Ltd (1996) 36 IPR 343 applied Carnival Cruise Lines Inc v Sitmar Cruises Ltd (1994) 120 ALR 495 applied Re Bali Brasserie Co Inc's Registered Trade Mark (1986) 118 CLR 128 applied Pioneer Hi‑Bred Corn Co v Highline Chicks Pty Ltd [1979] RPC 410 applied Parker‑Knoll Ltd v Knoll International Ltd [1962] RPC 265 applied G E Trade Mark [1973] RPC 297 applied Bali Trade Mark [1968] RPC 426 cited Gardenia Overseas Pty Ltd v The Garden Co Ltd (1994) 29 IPR 485 applied Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v F S Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 cited Taverner Rutledge Ltd v Specters Ltd [1959] RPC 355 cited
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